Kao Data secures £130m to fund datacentre expansion across UK Oct 12, 2021 Harlow-based colocation provider Kao Data has secured up to £130m in additional funding as it sets it sights on expanding its operations after securing a sizeable financial services client. The company, whose datacentre campus in Essex is home to the UK’s fastest supercomputer, Cambridge-1, has signed a deal with infrastructure investment company Infratil that will result […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Macquarie Asset Management acquires significant stake in Virtus Data Centres Aug 19, 2022 St Telemedia Global Data Centres (ST Telemedia) has reached an agreement for Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7, to acquire a significant minority stake in leading data centre provider VIRTUS Data Centres (VIRTUS). VIRTUS provides colocation and cloud connectivity services to blue-chip clients, including global technology companies and enterprise clients. Its portfolio […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Staying Connected: How Data Centres are Taking the Development World by Storm Nov 9, 2021 Data Centres are set to be a £6.5bn industry by 2025, and as demand for data continues to grow this figure is only going to rise more and more. There were 15 separate data centre projects completed last year, with even more that will be finished by the end of this year – which means […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UK Government Must Show Vision & Foresight To Power Data Centre Growth Apr 2, 2021 Robert Laird – Account Director at SP Broadway – was recently involved in our Data Centres Development Conference and he shares his views the event and the key things to drive growth… I had the pleasure of attending (virtually, of course) Built Environment Networking’s Data Centres Development Conference. The event was organised superbly and the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Vodafone decides to put its portfolio of data centres in London up for sale Jul 14, 2023 Vodafone Enterprise has put a portfolio of its data centre and office freeholds in central London up for sale. The Network Portfolio, consisting of six facilities covering a total area of 260,000 sq ft (24,155 sqm), is estimated to be valued at £100 million. These properties are currently leased to Vodafone Enterprise UK until April […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Equinix Q&A: Evolution, Sustainability and Innovation Jan 15, 2021 Equinix is the world’s largest data centre and colocation infrastructure provider – and they’re speaking at our upcoming event titled Autonomous Vehicles and the Built Environment with Petrina Anne Steele, Global Lead for Connected Autonomous Vehicles and Smart Mobility, taking to the virtual stage. Ahead of the event we’ve discussed their role in autonomous vehicles […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
